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Show I NEWS REVIEWNew REVIEW REVIEWNew New Farm Plan Studied ; I Fruit Crop Favorable FARM CONTROLS CONTROLS-Opposition CONTROLS Opposition - . Opposltwn Grows GrowsAmerican GrowsAmerican American Farm Bureau federa federabon tederation bon powerful farm group whichsponsored which whichsponsored sponsored most of the agricultural agriculturalleglslatlon agriculturallegislation leglslatlon now in m force is consld conslderlDg considering erlDg recommendations tor for total totalabalidonment totalabaBdonment abalidonment of all farm price and andcrop andcrop crop controls by the governmentEdward government governmentEdward Edward A- A . A0 - 0 Neal president of ofthe ofthe the federation said the board is not notsatisfied notsatisfied satisfied with the theold theold old AAA est e s t a b bllshed bUshed llshed during President Pres PresIdent Ident Roosevelt s sfirst sfirst first term He re revealed revealed vealed that a bet better better ter a g r i cultural culturalprogram culturalprogram program than the theone theone one the farmersnow farmers , t T ' 'I I ' now have is bemg bemgsought beingL i-ila i ila . - il sought The AAAauthonzes AAA AAAauthorizes authorizes authonzes pay0 pay payONeal ONeal Ncal ments to farmersfor farmers farmersfor for reducing reducmg acre acreages acreages ages in the basic crops of wheat wheatcorn wheatcorn corn cotton rice nce tobacco and pea peanuts peanuts peanutsFarmers nuts nutsFarmers Farmers from the North and andz.orthwest andl orthwest z.orthwest zorthwest . have consistently ap apposed apposed posed federal subs d es and senti sentiment sentiment ment was reported to be growmg growmgamong growingamong among the producers for tor lettingfarm lettmg lettmgfarm farm products seek the r own pnce pncelevel pricelevel level as a permanent policyIn policy policyIn In the South however cotton and andtobacco andtobacco tobacco growers are known to be besatisfied besatisfied satisfied with the situation as It Itstands itstands stands favoring favormg tight Ught controls 1f 1fprices ifprices prices start to slipOne slip slipOne One of the federal federat on s econo economIsts economists mIsts predicted at least a 10 year yearperiod yearperiod period of ot good prices pnces tor for farmers at atlevels atlevels levels slightly below those prevail prevailing prevailing ing now ) FRUITED rRUITED PLAINS PLAINS-Apple PLAINS Apple - . Apple OutlooL Outlook RosyDespite Rosy RosyDespite Despite a late spring and somefrost some somefrost frost damage in eastern fruit areas areasprospects areasprospects prospects continue generally favor favorable favorable able for this tlus year s s crop of apples applesand applesand and other deciduous fruits a de department department partment of ot agriculture report has hasdisclosed hasdisclosed hasdisclosedThe disclosed disclosedThe The 1947 strawberry crop is estl estlmated estimated mated to be nearly a fourth larger largerthan largerthan than the 1946 crop but stilla still a tenth tenthbelow tenthbelow below average However the peachcrop peach peachcrop crop in ill 10 early southern states is isexpected isexpected expected to set a new record of ofmore ofmore more than 25 million mlllion bushels this thisyear thisyear year the third successive large largecrop largecrop crop from those statesIn states statesIn In Cal forma the sweet cherry cherrycrop cherrycrop crop of ot 29 000 tons is 15 per cent centsmaller centsmaller smaller than last year but still stilI 16 16per 16per per cent larger than the 1938-44 1938 44 193B-44 193B - - av average average erage California Callforma s 92 000 ton plW'I plWI pimpcrop ' crop is slightly below 1946 1946TRAININGHearings TRAINING TRAININGHearings Hearl1lgs Begin Begzn BegznAlthough BeginAlthough Although congress is scheduled to toadjourn toadjourn adjourn July 28 the senate armed armedservices armedservices services committee has voted to toproceed toproceed proceed with hearings hearmgs on umversal umversalI universalmilitary I military training trainingBut I trainingI But in a formal statement the thecommittee : committee added that if It a report reportI reportcannot reportcannot I cannot be made ready by July 28 28it 28it it will wlIl attempt to have a report pre prepared prepared pared for congress when it con convenes convenes venes againDecIsIon again againDecision Decision of the senate group was wasreached wasreached , reached as the Very Rev Edmund EdmundA A . . Walsh a member of ot PresidentTruman President PresidentTruman Truman s universal military tram trammg training mg commission told a house com committee cornmittee mittee that the politburo in lD Mos Moscow Moscow cow is not going gomg to adjourn tor the theI thesummer I summer as its forces creep across acrossI acrossEurope acrossEurope acrossEuropeFather I Europe EuropeFather Father Walsh said that Amenca Americais . is definitely detlrutely on the Soviet agenda 01 01'conquest ofconquest 'conquest conquest ' and Russia will Wlll be ready readyto readyto to start her shooting shootmg war as soon soonas , as her atom bombs are in produc production productlon productlonTAX tion TAX PLANS PLANSTo To Think Tlunk OverCongress Over OverCongress Congress has been presented wIth wIthfour withtour four tax revision plans to think over overuntil overuntil until it gets ready to have another anothergo anothergo go at the income tax problemThe problem problemThe The treasury department has glv glven given en the house ways and means com committee cornmittee mittee studies of ot tour four plans to equal equallZe equalize lZe federal income taxes on married marriedcouples marriedcouples couples in all 48 st stitcs stitcsOne . tes tesOne One of ot the proposals would save save4 4 900 000 couples three quarters 01 01a ola a billion dollars annually by giving givingthose givingthose those Lying llvlng in 38 3B states the same sameincome samelDcome income lDcome spl tting ttmg rights nghts now en enjo enjo jo ed by couples living in 10 states stateswh stateswh wh ch have community property propertylaws propertylaws propertylawsSecretary laws lawsSecretary Secretary of ot the Treasury John JohnSnyder JohnSnyder Snyder has indicated mdlcated that the ad admmlstration administration mmlstration considers the proposed proposedplans proposedplans plans to be among the right kmd kmdot kindof ot changes in the tax setup |